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Why? Because it's Chinese? The amount of Sinophobia on here is ridiculous.

by yhoneycomb 7y ago

chowyuncat 7y ago
Just ignore the surveillance state with millions in concentration camps?
- snazz 7y ago
  My bigger concern is Google in this case. No Android phone manufacturer does anywhere near as good of job at security or privacy compared to Apple. If you can’t install LineageOS (needless to say, I skip adding Google Play Services) on it, I wouldn’t feel comfortable owning it.
  - bilbo0s 7y ago
    Good point about Google. They are by far the largest privacy and security threat on those phones. (On any Android phone actually.)
- yhoneycomb 7y ago
  Are you talking about the US, with its NSA and "concentration camps" of black males in prison? You realize Huawei is made in China, and not the US?
- taobility 7y ago
  Don't buy any clothes or electronic made in China, since they could embed with some micro chip, and you will be spied :) Bloomberg has warned you!!!!
- dang 7y ago
  Please do not take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. This sort of flamebaity one-liner is exactly what the site guidelines ask you not to post, especially on divisive topics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
ignoramous 7y ago
> Why? Its good hygiene to rid of apps you have no use for. Note: Pre-installed apps on OHA devices include Google's, too: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on... > Because it's Chinese? - Because its Android: https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/ https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/ - Because its Xiaomi: https://thehackernews.com/2014/08/xiaomi-phones-secretly-sending-users.html https://thehackernews.com/2014/08/xiaomi-phones-secretly-sen... Huawei, OnePlus, Nokia have been caught spying on users, too. Lenovo, famously, MiTMd TLS on their laptops. So, really, its the OEMs. And also the SoC vendors and Carriers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684 I digress. > The amount of Sinophobia on here is ridiculous. Not sure about that, but you might be onto something.

Why? Because it's Chinese? The amount of Sinophobia on here is ridiculous.

chowyuncat 7y ago

Just ignore the surveillance state with millions in concentration camps?

snazz 7y ago
My bigger concern is Google in this case. No Android phone manufacturer does anywhere near as good of job at security or privacy compared to Apple. If you can’t install LineageOS (needless to say, I skip adding Google Play Services) on it, I wouldn’t feel comfortable owning it.
- bilbo0s 7y ago
  Good point about Google. They are by far the largest privacy and security threat on those phones. (On any Android phone actually.)
yhoneycomb 7y ago
Are you talking about the US, with its NSA and "concentration camps" of black males in prison? You realize Huawei is made in China, and not the US?
taobility 7y ago
Don't buy any clothes or electronic made in China, since they could embed with some micro chip, and you will be spied :) Bloomberg has warned you!!!!
dang 7y ago
Please do not take HN threads further into nationalistic flamewar. This sort of flamebaity one-liner is exactly what the site guidelines ask you not to post, especially on divisive topics. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ignoramous 7y ago

> Why? Its good hygiene to rid of apps you have no use for. Note: Pre-installed apps on OHA devices include Google's, too: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on... > Because it's Chinese? - Because its Android: https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/ https://techscience.org/a/2015103001/ - Because its Xiaomi: https://thehackernews.com/2014/08/xiaomi-phones-secretly-sending-users.html https://thehackernews.com/2014/08/xiaomi-phones-secretly-sen... Huawei, OnePlus, Nokia have been caught spying on users, too. Lenovo, famously, MiTMd TLS on their laptops. So, really, its the OEMs. And also the SoC vendors and Carriers: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17081684 I digress. > The amount of Sinophobia on here is ridiculous. Not sure about that, but you might be onto something.